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Part 2 of todays news:

 

BioWare's Anthem will get a beta, director says
http://www.pcgamer.com/biowares-anthem-will-get-a-beta-director-says/
BioWare only revealed its Destiny-alike online shooter Anthem in June, and so it's understandable that it's still nowhere near ready for release. But when it's closer to the mark, game director Jonathan Warner said that there will be a beta before it goes out the door.

 

The Call of Duty: WWII open beta is live now
http://www.pcgamer.com/the-call-of-duty-wwii-open-beta-is-live-now/
The Call of Duty: WWII PC multiplayer beta was supposed to get underway on September 29, which is tomorrow. Surprise! It's live now.

>>Posting this today feels weird.

 

This Shenmue 3 dev diary video has facial animations that actually work
http://www.pcgamer.com/this-shenmue-3-dev-diary-video-has-facial-animations-that-actually-work/
Ys Net rolled out a short trailer for Shenmue 3 last month that didn't make the best possible impression with everyone. It was nice to see that progress is being made, but the characters' faces didn't exactly make for the most realistic digital folk we've ever seen.

 

Fling meteors and explode pyromancers in this 'classic' medieval RTS
http://www.pcgamer.com/fling-meteors-and-explode-pyromancers-in-this-classic-medieval-rts/
Swedish developer Pathos Interactive reckons the "classical RTS genre" could use a little pick-me-up, so they've set out to "refresh" it themselves with Bannermen, a medieval RTS game with dynamic environments. It's currently on Kickstarter, with Pathos Interactive asking for $49,011. At the time of writing, its campaign has raised $16,249 and will run for another 26 days.

 

There will be no Diablo 3 announcements at BlizzCon, but things are happening
http://www.pcgamer.com/there-will-be-no-diablo-3-announcements-at-blizzcon-but-things-are-happening/
Last year's BlizzCon was a big one for Big Red: Blizzard announced plans to bring the original Diablo to Diablo 3, and confirmed that a "reimagined" Necromancer class character was on the way too. This year, however, things are going to be a lot quieter.

 

Pyre's 'True Nightwing' update adds complimentary ironman-style mode
http://www.pcgamer.com/pyres-true-nightwing-update-adds-complimentary-ironman-style-mode/
Despite not hitting the highs of Bastion and/or Transistor, Pyre is a gorgeous and quirky RPG-meets-sports game. In reply to the "wonderful response and feedback from players around the world", developer Supergiant has launched a new mode free-of-charge.

 

PUBG will open Squad FPP OCE servers 'after mid-October'
http://www.pcgamer.com/pubg-will-open-squad-fpp-oce-servers-after-mid-october/
When PUBG first launched dedicated first-person perspective servers last month, it did so exclusively in Europe and North America. When FPP did eventually arrive in the OCE region, it did not support Solo or Squad play.
Now, the latter is planned for some point "after mid-October".

>>By the way, the game is now run by its own company, PUBG Corp.

 

FIFA 18 suffers PC launch problems, EA provides fix
http://www.pcgamer.com/fifa-18-suffers-pc-launch-problems-ea-provides-fix/
EA's latest annual installment of FIFA arrived today, however has been inaccessible for some PC players.
Upon attempting to download FIFA 18 from EA's Origin service, it appears a sizeable chunk of PC players have been met with the following error message: "We're sorry, Origin was unable to download your game. Please check your internet connection or try again later."

 

 

And now, the weekend deals at GOG and Steam:

+GOG

• There's only one sale going on at GOG, the weekly sale: https://www.gog.com/promo/20190925_weekly_sale_daedalic_night_dive

+Steam

• Let's start with Rocket League, available with a 40% discount: http://store.steampowered.com/app/252950/Rocket_League/
• Next comes the MMORPG Black Desert Online, that's also 40% off: http://store.steampowered.com/app/582660/Black_Desert_Online/
• We go now to Super Giant's sale, with Bastion and Transistor being 75% off, and Pyre 25%: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/super_giant/
• And the last one, the publisher weekend featuring Warner Bros. Batman, Mortal Kombat, lots of LEGO games, etc are on sale: http://store.steampowered.com/sale/wb_pub11

 

And that's it. I wish you a happy and gaming weekend.